The Shemwell Family

Effie Ann McGeheeAge: 74 years18851959

Name
Effie Ann McGehee
Given names
Effie Ann
Surname
McGehee
Birth June 26, 1885 27 25

Birth of a brotherJohn Thomas McGehee
March 7, 1889 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherCharles Curtis McGehee
March 1892 (Age 6 years)
Death of a fatherCharles James McGehee
October 3, 1893 (Age 8 years)
Marriage of a parentJames T BryantAnn Eliza BlakeView this family
about 1895 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a half-brotherMelvin Bryant
August 6, 1897 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 14 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Carlton McGehee
August 28, 1907 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 30 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 31 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 32 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 44 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 56 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death of a brotherJohn Thomas McGehee
November 7, 1947 (Age 62 years)
Note: Intestinal Cancer
Death of a motherAnn Eliza Blake
July 13, 1948 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 64 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 60 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death December 31, 1959 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Slaughter Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 5, 1876Todd, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder sister
7 years
herself
Effie Ann McGehee
Birth: June 26, 1885 27 25
Death: December 31, 1959Todd, Kentucky, United States
4 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
Charles Curtis McGehee
Birth: March 1892 33 31Virginia, United States
Death: October 24, 1963Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Mother’s family with James T Bryant - View this family
step-father
James T Bryant
Birth: May 1872Kentucky, United States
Death: March 29, 1954Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky, United States
mother
Marriage: about 1895Kentucky, United States
3 years
half-brother

Effie Ann McGehee has 8 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - James Bryant - Household

Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Bryant, JamesheadWMMay187228M7KYKYKYFarmerNoNoYesOFF
Bryant, Anna LwifeWFApr186040M774KYKYKYNoNoYes
Bryant, Melvin EsonWMAug18972SKYKYKY
McGehee, Effie Astep daughterWFJun188514SKYKYKY1YesYesYes
McGehee, John Wstep sonWMMar188911SKYKYKYFarm Laborer2NoNoYes
McGehee, Charlie Cstep sonWMMar18928SVAKYKY2